Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti is worth an estimated $2.7 billion and ranks 244th on Forbes' annual list of richest Americans.
The Anne Arundel County businessman is the founder of the staffing firm Allegis Group, formerly Aerotek. Allegis Group is the largest privately held staffing firm in the United States.
Bisciotti ranked 235th last year, but his wealth went up from $2.6 billion. Bisciotti, 54, is a self-described "C" student from Salisbury State who built his business into one of the nation's largest staffing firms.
Bisciotti and his cousin, Jim Davis, launched Aerotek in 1983, running the company out of a basement office and generating $1.5 million in sales in the first year.
A net worth of at least $1.55 billion was required to make the list, which the magazine started tracking in 1982.
Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank is worth $3.2 billion and ranks 190th on the list of richest Americans. A former University of Maryland football player, Plank has gone up from 345th to 327th to 190th over the past three years.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates ranked atop the list for the 22nd year in a row at $79.5 billion, and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett ranked second with $72 billion.
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